Container liner shipping is one of the most important transportation modes in international
trade. The industry is network-based, so network decision contributes much to the success of …

As container shipping networks have become important components in global supply
chains, route design should take both maritime and inland factors into consideration. In this …

In logistics and freight distribution, scheduling and cost efficiency are two crucial issues for
transportation companies that look with favour at the innovation introduced by Intelligent …

Considering the impacts of low port distribution (ie, concentration of ports in a certain
geographic area) and liner network development, we study hub port locations, current and …

This paper presents a New Coastal Liner Route Design Model (NCLRDM) for coastal
intermodal networks based on the user equilibrium assignment model (UE model). The …

This paper addresses the container liner shipping network design by explicitly taking into
account shipper's inertia preference and non-inertial preference. Firstly, using the double …

Global containership liners design their transportation service as hub-and-spoke networks to
improve the access to local transportation markets and to reduce operational costs by using …

This paper introduces an optimization model (COSDM) for a Container Ocean-transportation
System with the objective of maximizing the revenue of a liner company while taking into …

Indonesia, as the world's largest archipelagic country, should take into account the critical
role of maritime transportation as a basic infrastructure for connecting inter-island economic …

Customer demand in global supply networks is highly uncertain due to unexpected global
and local economic conditions and, in addition, affected by seasonal demand fluctuations for …